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Studio: Gotham (dba Alpha) Release Date: 10/20/2009
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
UNCUT YET MURKY!!!,
This review is from: Bells of Rosarita (DVD)
This is a complete uncut version of a great Roy Rogers film, in which all of the REPUBLIC FILMS cowboy stars join Roy to help Dale and Gabby save Dale's ranch for orphaned boys. They're all here: Sunset Carson, Wild Bill Elliot, Alan Rocky Lane, Bob Livingston, and Don Red Barry. And the songs are all here too! Lots of footage had been cut to fill tv time slots in the 1950's, and the first stuff to go was always the songs in order to keep the plot as intact as possible.
However...although the good news is that this is possibly the best version available, it's still in need of some serious restoration. The print, while free of awful splice cuts, is dark and murky and could use a good digital cleaning. The night scenes are so bad you can hardly make out who the characters are. Some scenes appear to shift from washed out to somewhat clearer. The audio could be spruced up too. But still, if you want an uncut print with all of the songs intact, then I can still recommend the purchase of this dvd from ALPHA. I just hope that some company out there (ROAN? They've put out excellent Roy Rogers restorations in the past) can clean this film up and release it properly. After all, this was one of REPUBLIC's premier features, and one that all fans of Roy, Gabby and Dale would love to add to their collections. P.S.....Just to see what I was missing I pulled out my Platinum/Echo Bridge ROY ROGERS VOL.1 which has 5 movies on one single sided disc. BELLS OF ROSARITA is listed here as the 54 min. cut for tv version. Boy was I surprised!!! It's the complete 68 min. version and unlike ALPHA's dark and murky copy this one is super clear, sharp image with great background depth!!! This is the one to get, PERIOD!!! However, on the same dvd, HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER is listed at it's full running time of 72 min. and is a badly cut 52 min. version. Go figure.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Waste of Money,
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This review is from: Bells of Rosarita (DVD)
This DVD excluded 2 major scenes ...
[1] When Gabby Hayes, rescued from the closet after the kidnappers locked him up, steals an entire scene by attempting to wash strawberry jam (which he thought was blood) from his hands and face. [2] When Roy Rogers issues a "call to arms", and solicits each of several Republic Pictures' featured cowboy heroes (Lash Laroe, Wild Bill Elliot, Rock Lane, etc.) to come to the circus' rescue. This omission from the DVD is enough to return it, and get your money back. For me, one of the poorest transfers I have ever seen. Image quality is extremely poor (not enough contrast), and the lost segments disrupt the flow of the movie. My recommendation: LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE!
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
"Roy Rogers B-Western Series ... Bells of Rosarita (1945) ... Republic Pictures ",
This review is from: Bells of Rosarita (DVD)
Republic Pictures present "BELLS OF ROSARITA" (19 June 1945) (68 mins/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- Roy Rogers (born Leonard Slye) moved to California in 1930, at the age of 18 --- played in such musical groups as The Hollywood Hillbillies, Rocky Mountaineers, Texas Outlaws and his own group, the International Cowboys --- In 1934 he formed a group with Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer called "Sons of the Pioneers" --- While in that group he was known as Leonard Slye, then Dick Weston and finally Roy Rogers --- Their songs included "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" --- They first appeared in the western "Rhythm on the Range" (1936), starring Bing Crosby --- In 1937 Roy went solo and made his first starring film in 1938, "Under Western Stars" (1938) --- He made almost 100 films --- then came television, "The Roy Rogers Show" (1951) ran on CBS from October 1951 through September 1964.
Under Frank McDonald (Director), Edward J. White (Producer), Jack Townley (Screenwriter), Ernest W. Miller (Cinematographer), Joseph Dubin (Composer (Music Score), Jack Elliott (Composer (Music Score) , Morton Scott (Musical Direction/Supervision / Composer (Music Score), Arthur Roberts (Editor), Hilyard M. Brown (Production Designer), Earl B. Wooden (Set Designer), Adele Palmer (Costume Designer), Bob Mark (Makeup), Howard Lydecker (Special Effects), Theodore Lydecker (Special Effects) - - - - Our story line and plot, Roy rescues Dale Evan's circus bereft with financial problems and in danger of falling into the hands of villain Grant Withers --- Roy calls in five Republic stars to help out in rounding up the bad guys --- perhaps among the best of Roy's many B-Westerns --- Roy calls on his fellow Republic sagebrush stars Wild Bill Elliot, Allan Lane, Don "Red" Barry, Robert Livingston, and Sunset Carson --- This was repeated again by Republic, most memorably in another Roy Rogers oater "Trail of Robin Hood" (1950) --- some wonderful tunes, THE BELLS OF ROSITA -- BUGLER'S LULLABY -- I'M GONNA BUILD A FENCE AROUND TEXAS -- TRIAL HERDIN' COWBOY -- SINGING DOWN THE ROAD -- UNDER A BLANKET OF BLUE -- WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES IN TOWN -- MICHAEL FINNEGAN. the cast includes Roy Rogers ... Roy Rogers Trigger ... "Smartest Horse in the Movies" George 'Gabby' Hayes ... Gabby Whittaker Dale Evans ... Sue Farnum Adele Mara ... Patty Phillips Grant Withers ... William Ripley Addison Richards ... Slim Phillips Roy Barcroft ... Henchman Maxwell Janet Martin ... Rosarita The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir ... Boys choir (as Robert Mitchell Boychoir) Bob Nolan ... Bob Nolan, Band Leader (as Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers) Sons of the Pioneers ... Musicians (as Bob Noland and The Sons of the Pioneers) Bill Elliott ... Bill Elliott (as Wild Bill Elliott) Allan Lane ... Allan Lane Don 'Red' Barry ... Donald Barry (as Donald Barry) Robert Livingston ... Robert Livingston Sunset Carson ... Sunset Carson : Ted Adams ... Arena Coach Driver Hank Bell ... Farmer Ken Carson ... Sons of the Pioneers Band Member Ed Cassidy ... Sheriff Tom Kenne Duncan ... Kidnapper Hugh Farr ... Sons of the Pioneers Band Member Karl Farr ... Sons of the Pioneers Band Member Shug Fisher ... Shug, Sons of the Pioneers Band Member Frances Gladwin ... Dancer Earle Hodgins ... Circus Barker Eddie Kane ... Eddie, Donald Barry's Director Rex Lease ... Deputy Tom London ... Studio Gate Guard Cactus Mack ... Townsman Frank McDonald ... Frank- Roy's Studio Director Syd Saylor ... Charlie Tim Spencer ... Tim, Sons of the Pioneers Band Member Helen Talbot ... Helen - studio actress Duke Taylor ... Henchman Dale Van Sickel ... Studio Heavy battling Sunset Carson Wally West ... Cowhand Robert J. Wilke ... Deputy BIOS: 1. Roy Rogers (aka: Leonard Franklin Slye) Date of Birth: 5 November 1911 - Cincinnati, Ohio Date of Death: 6 July 1998 - Apple Valley, California 2. Dale Evans (aka: Frances Octavia Smith) Date of Birth: 31 October 1912, Uvalde, Texas Date of Death: 7 February 2001, Apple Valley, California 3. George 'Gabby' Hayes (aka: George Francis Hayes) Date of Birth: 7 May 1885 - Wellsville, New York Date of Death: 9 February 1969 - Burbank, California Check out a new book from Empire Publishing - "THE ROY ROGERS BOOK: A REFERENCE TRIVIA SCRAPBOOK" (Paperback) --- reference trivia scrapbook of Roy Rogers written by Western film historian David Rothel whose accounts of thrilling adventures of B-Western heroes during the Saturday matinees of yesteryear takes us back to our childhood, family and friends --- this is a wish come true, reliving those wonderful years from the past through the pen of David Rothel --- Roy was a top box office draw for Republic Pictures when you went to see him on the big screen, you got exactly what the marquee said --- plenty of thrills, action and hard riding with a song or two thrown in for good measure --- Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 as a member of the "Sons of the Pioneers" and elected again in 1988 as Roy Rogers "King of the Cowboys" --- Roy got his horse "Trigger" in 1938 and rode him in every one of his films and TV shows after that --- "Trigger" died in 1965 age of thirty-three --- Roy's dog's name was "Bullet" and appeared in almost as many of his films as "Trigger" did --- Roy's theme song, "Happy Trails", was written by Queen of the West and his wife Dale Evans --- inducted (with his wife Dale Evans) into the "Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum" in 1976 --- inducted as a member of the "Sons of the Pioneers into the "Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum" in 1995 just three years before his death --- Don't miss this one --- now appearing on Amazon and Empire Publishing --- Don't hesitate - rush out and pick up your copy today --- Great reading in the days and weeks to come --- I guarantee it! Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc), Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") and Trevor Scott (Down Under DVD Com) as they have rekindled my interest once again for Film Noir, B-Westerns and Serials --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns ... order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on DVD --- stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with musical adventure --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out Amazon where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns --- all my heroes have been cowboys! Total Time: 68 min on VHS/DVD ~ Republic Pictures ~ (10/04/2007)
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